Prefabrication Lead

Acciona•USA - Remote Contingent, FL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

ACCIONA is a global company focused on developing regenerative infrastructure that positively impacts society. With over 65,000 professionals in more than 40 countries, ACCIONA is dedicated to designing a better planet and addressing global challenges like climate change, overpopulation, and water scarcity. The company is seeking a Prefabrication Lead to join its Culture business unit and work on projects in the United States. This role is crucial for ensuring the feasibility of projects in terms of cost, technical solutions, schedule, and integration with host buildings, working closely with clients, PMCs, designers, architects, and general contractors.

Requirements

Proven experience in exhibition production, museum fit-outs, or high-end scenic construction.
Track record of managing multiple complex projects and teams simultaneously.
Strong negotiation skills and experience managing subcontractors and technical specialists.
Strong background in technical design, estimation, and value engineering.
Exceptional leadership, communication, and remote team management skills.
Flexibility to work across international time zones.
Fluency in English; proficiency or fluency in Spanish is highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary technical and commercial liaison for clients, designers, consultants, and Project Management Companies (PMCs) across multiple projects during the Prefabrication Stage.
Lead and mentor one or multiple multidisciplinary technical teams across several concurrent projects.
Coordinate daily operations with a technical back office based mainly in Spain.
Maintain schedule flexibility to accommodate time zone differences (US/Spain).
Ensure seamless workflow and communication between remote and local teams.
Lead the dialogue, briefing, and technical negotiations with subcontractors, specialists, vendors and consultants, ensuring win-win outcomes and risk mitigation.
Drive the sourcing and onboarding of new specialized vendors, suppliers, and experts globally.
Evaluate subcontractor capabilities to ensure they meet the high-quality standards of museum fitouts.
Stay abreast of global trends in prefabrication, advanced materials, and off-site manufacturing to continuously elevate the company's competitive edge.
Preparation and structuring of comprehensive, detailed Bills of Quantities (BoQ) that accurately map full project scopes and provide reliable financial baselines.
Direct the global procurement strategy. Negotiate, analyze, and benchmark complex commercial quotes from premium local and international.
Propose, evaluate, and defend strategic technical and commercial alternatives (e.g., advanced materials, off-site construction methodologies, and specialized technical solutions) to optimize project costs without compromising design intent or high-end quality standards.
Apply value engineering to simplify designs without losing impact.
Conduct rigorous, proactive cost benchmarking throughout all iterative design stages to ensure continuous budget accuracy, integrate financial metrics into the master project plan, and secure design intent.
Resolve technical challenges during the early design stages.
Deliver top-end technical guidance to clients and internal design teams during concept phases to guarantee feasibility, offering deep expertise in specialized domains such as set/scenographic design, architectural graphics, complex museum lighting, and integrated AV/hardware systems.
Collaborate closely with designers to refine structural concepts.
Adjust technical solutions to meet strict budget constraints.
Balance creative vision with practical manufacturing methods.
Program and verify that complex prefabricated elements can be seamlessly manufactured, transported, and assembled within established international construction schedules.
Plan and lead high-stakes collaborative workshops with clients and stakeholders to review, negotiate, and approve value engineering initiatives and cost-saving alternatives.
Define technical interfaces between exhibition content and the host building to ensure design intent is respected, enable easy long-term maintenance and operations, and deliver an optimal visitor experience.
Coordinate integration of all needs, including: logistics, accesses, freight elevator dimensions, door clearance, load-bearing floor limits, and other structural constraints, electrical, data, mechanical, HVAC, technical rooms, etc.
Develop and maintain a comprehensive Technical Interface Matrix (TIM) defining all the requirements and the responsible teams for definition, approval, and execution.
Develop the tasks listed above in accordance with all applicable codes and regulations, engaging any necessary specialists and consultants.
Obtain all necessary legal certificates, permits, etc.